GUWAHATI, Nov 29 - Delhi University professor and noted scholar of post-colonialism and translation studies Harish Trivedi today said works of Dr Mamoni Raisom Goswami display the generosity of her heart.
Prof Trivedi was delivering the first Mamoni Raisom Goswami Memorial Lecture organised by the South East Asia Ramayana Research Centre at the Vivekananda Kendra here on the occasion of the iconic writer�s sixth death anniversary.
The title of the lecture �The Ramayana along four rivers �Brahmaputra, Ganga, Kaveri and Chao Phraya� has been taken from her voluminous work Ramayana from Ganga to Brahmaputra published in 1976.
Acknowledging Goswami�s scholastic achievements, Prof Trivedi said her international reputation is based on the research work she did on the Ramayana.
�This book (Ramayana from Ganga to Brahmaputra) is a perfect example of comparative literature. Dr Goswami does not give any judgement. Rather she helps us understand both the versions of Ramayana (Tulsi Das� and Madhav Kandali�s) better. The work displays the generosity of her heart. This work is a shining torch for all,� Prof Trivedi, who was Dr Goswami�s colleague and neighbour at Delhi University, said.
�Let this be the starting point so that we can explore more and more the Ramayana and its different versions,� he said.
Prof Trivedi also lauded the South East Asia Ramayana Research Centre, saying he has not seen such an organised memorial-cum-research centre anywhere in the country. He also hoped that the annual lecture in Goswami�s memory would become a landmark in the intellectual life of not only Assam but the country.
The programme was attended, among others, by Vice Chancellor of Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University Hitesh Deka, Prof Upendra Nath Sarma and family members of Dr Goswami. The welcome address was given by Sabita Sarma, executive president of the research centre.